Pink gingham for a girl and a blanket for a boy

Second pink gingham tunic of the week. This time with short sleeves and a button closure at the back.

And a boy blanket. Cotton 'bubbles' on the upper side and light blue 'minky' underneath. Interlined with fleece for added cosyness (particularly as it is on its way to New Zealand).

A matching gym bag completed the set and made a perfect house for the little wooden man!

Grand plans...

so my grand plan for today was to photograph all the things I have made over the last couple of weeks and haven't posted about yet. Unfortunately grand plans often go awry.

Instead I did lots more sewing.....which is good in that I will have more things to show...but bad in that none of them are photographed yet.

Some of the things finished this morning were the cushions and the remaining curtain for the salon (I could say "lounge" but salon just sounds so much smarter doesn't it??).

I quickly took a couple of photos tonight with the new lens for my camera which I am very excited about (more on that to come) so here you are. (If you check out this blog regularly you might be thinking that you have already seen the new look salon but I have since edited that post as I had broken the most important rule in interior design - NEVER take photos of rooms without armfuls of cut flowers on every surface.....)

Other things finished today include a baby blanket for a kiwi boy and a shirt dress for me, a tunic for little boy and end of term presents for school teachers and dance teachers. Phew!

Tomorrow night is the school 'spectacle' so I will also hopefully have photos of all the costumes some time this weekend. The girls are very excited and have made me promise they can stay up until "at least" midnight!!

Sewing Tuesday

This morning I finished off two more tunics. I've got pictures of one - the other I'll show later in the week.

You probably recognise the fabric - here is a close up.

After that I attacked the new curtains for the salon ( see Thursdays post for updated "designer" photos!!).

New tunics

The girls have new tunics.

Big girl's is in pink cotton gingham, self bound with three pleats down the front and an elastic waist.

Little girl's also has the three pleats and the elastic waist but is in a heart, flower and butterfly print and the neck is bound in self made pink and white spot bias.

(Little boy has too but wanted to keep his hoodie on - pictures to come when it heats up).

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Come on England!!!

Come on Debbie Rose

look what you're missing

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we have a week (at least) of rainy afternoons forecast....which is completely depressing seeing as it is mid-june and we should be spending afternoons at the pool.

oh well, it should enable me to catch up on my projects and blogging.

here is a little taster of some of the nursery items for my soon to arrive little niece.